How to create Upload files in laravel 5.1? - database

Question

I'm new to Laravel 5.1
Can you guys help me on how to upload files like docx, PDF or image to store it in the database using Laravel 5.1 ?
I browsed a lot of tutorials but not in Laravel 5.1 I'm trying it myself but it didn't work.
NotFoundHttpException in
C:\Loucelle\ _\
_\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Routing\RouteCollection.php line 161:
Can you help me by giving any sample codes?

Answer 1

Your Route:
Route::post('uploadFile', 'YourController#uploadFile');
Your HTML blade:
<form action="{{ url('uploadFile') }}" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file">
<input type="submit">
</form>
Your Controller:
public function uploadFile()
{
//get the file
$file = Input::file('file');
//create a file path
$path = 'uploads/';
//get the file name
$file_name = $file->getClientOriginalName();
//save the file to your path
$file->move($path , $file_name); //( the file path , Name of the file)
//save that to your database
$new_file = new Uploads(); //your database model
$new_file->file_path = $path . $file_name;
$new_file->save();
//return something (sorry, this is a habbit of mine)
return 'something';
}
Useful resources (these links may expire, so they are only here for reference):
Laravel Requests (like Inputs and the such)
File Upload Tutorial that helped me when I started